¹¶ Na ka whakautu a Hopa, ka mea,

¹And Job answered and said,

²Aue, me i ata paunatia toku mamae, me i huihuia, me i whakairihia toku aitua ki te pauna!

²Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

³Na inaianei taimaha ake i te onepu o te moana: heoi he ohorere rawa aku kupu.

³For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.

⁴Kei roto hoki i ahau nga pere a te Kaha Rawa, inumia ake e toku wairua to ratou paihana: rarangi tonu mai nga whakawehi a te Atua hei hoariri moku.

⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.

⁵E tangi ano ranei te kaihe mohoao i te mea kei te tarutaru ia? e tangi ano ranei te kau i te mea e kai ana?

⁵Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?

⁶E taea ranei te kai, te mea kahore nei ona ha, ki te kahore he tote? He reka ranei te whakakahukahu o te hua manu?

⁶Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?

⁷Hore rawa toku wairua e mea kia pa atu ki ena; to ratou rite ki ahau kei te kai whakarihariha.

⁷What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.

⁸¶ Aue, me i riro mai taku i tono ai, me i homai e te Atua taku e tumanako nei!

⁸Oh that I might have my request, and that +God would grant my desire!

⁹Me i pai hoki te Atua kia whakangaromia ahau, kia tukua mai tona ringa hei hatepe i ahau!

⁹And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

¹⁰Penei kua ai ano he whakamarie moku; ae, ka tino hari ahau ki te mamae, kahore nei e tohu i ahau: kihai hoki nga kupu a te Mea Tapu i huna e ahau.

¹⁰Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

¹¹He aha toku kaha, e tatari ai ahau? He aha hoki toku mutunga, e whakamanawanui ai ahau?

¹¹What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?

¹²He kaha kohatu ranei toku kaha? He parahi ranei oku kikokiko?

¹²Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?

¹³Ehara ranei i te mea kahore he awhina moku i roto i ahau, a kua oti te ngoi te pei i roto i ahau?

¹³Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?

¹⁴¶ Ko te tangata e ngoikore ana te ngakau kia puta mai te aroha o tona hoa ki a ia, ahakoa kua mahue i a ia te wehi i te Kaha Rawa.

¹⁴For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

¹⁵He mahi tinihanga ta oku teina, he pera me ta te awa; rere ana ratou ano he waipuke awaawa,

¹⁵My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,

¹⁶Kua mangu nei i te hukapapa, ngaro ana te hukarere i roto.

¹⁶Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:

¹⁷I te wa e mahana ai, ka memeha atu; i te weraweratanga, moti iho ratou i to ratou wahi.

¹⁷At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:

¹⁸Ka peka ke nga tira e haere ana ra reira; riro ana ki te kore, a ngaro iho.

¹⁸They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.

¹⁹Tirotirohia ana e nga tira o Tema; taria atu ana e nga tangata haere o Hepa.

¹⁹The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:

²⁰Whakama ana ratou mo ratou i whakamanawa atu ki reira; te taenga ki aua awa, kanakana kau ana.

²⁰They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.

²¹Na he kahore noa iho koutou; ka kite koutou i te mea whakamataku, a ka wehi.

²¹So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.

²²¶ I mea ranei ahau, Homai ki ahau? He hakari ranei maku e homai i o koutou rawa?

²²Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?

²³I mea ranei, whakaorangia ahau i te ringa o te hoariri? Hokona ahau i roto i te ringa o te kaitukino?

²³Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?

²⁴Whakaakona ahau, a ka whakarongo puku ahau; whakaaturia ki ahau te mea i he ai ahau.

²⁴Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

²⁵Ano te kaha o nga kupu tika! Ko te aha ia te riria ana e a koutou kupu?

²⁵How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?

²⁶E mea ana ranei koutou kia riria nga kupu? he hau kau nei hoki nga korero a te tangata kua pau ona whakaaro.

²⁶Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.

²⁷Ae ra, e mea ana koutou ki te maka rota mo nga pani, ki te mea i to koutou hoa hei taonga hokohoko.

²⁷Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.

²⁸Na whakaae mai, titiro mai ki ahau; he pono hoki e kore ahau e korero teka ki to koutou kanohi.

²⁸Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.

²⁹Tena ra, tahuri mai; kaua hoki te he e waiho; ina, tahuri mai, he tika hoki taku take.

²⁹Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.

³⁰He he koia kei toku arero? e kore ranei toku hinengaro e mohio ki nga mea whanoke?

³⁰Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?